2015 African Olympic Qualifier (field hockey)
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The 2015 African Olympic Qualifier was the third edition of the African Olympic Qualifier for Men and Women. It was held from 23 October to 1 November 2015 in Randburg, South Africa. Nine teams competed in the men's and seven in the women's tournament. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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| Host country | South Africa | ||
| City | Randburg | ||
| Dates | 23 October – 1 November 2015 | ||
| Venue | Randburg Hockey Stadium | ||
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On 30 October South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) published a statement reiterating that it will not consider qualifying though the continental qualifying tournament acceptable.[1] SASCOC and the South African Hockey Association had previously specified 2014-15 FIH Hockey World League as the only Olympic selection route for the South Africa men's and women's national field hockey teams.[2]
All times are local (UTC+2).
Men's tournament
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | South Africa | ||
| City | Randburg | ||
| Dates | 23 October – 1 November 2015 | ||
| Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  South Africa (3rd title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Egypt | ||
| Third place |  Kenya | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 23 | ||
| Goals scored | 223 (9.7 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Matthew Guise-Brown (16 goals) | ||
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Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | South Africa |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | +61 | 12 | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 |  Ghana |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 6 | +30 | 9 | |
| 3 |  Zimbabwe |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 6 | Advance to fifth place game |
| 4 |  Namibia |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Botswana |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 81 | −81 | 0 |
Source: FIH.ch
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
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Group B
Source: FIH.ch
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 31 October | ||||||
| South Africa | 2 | |||||
| 1 November | ||||||
| Kenya | 1 | |||||
| South Africa | 4 | |||||
| 31 October | ||||||
| Egypt | 2 | |||||
| Egypt | 7 | |||||
| Ghana | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 1 November | ||||||
| Kenya | 4 | |||||
| Ghana | 3 | |||||
7–9th place semifinal
Semifinals
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Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
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Final standings
| Qualified for the 2016 Olympics |
Goalscorers
There have been 218 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 9.48 goals per match.
16 goals
15 goals
Mahmoud Mamdouh
11 goals
Johnny Botsio
10 goals
Jean-Pierre de Voux
Matthew Williams
9 goals
- Brandon Panther
6 goals
- Julian Hykes
- Warwick Ullrich
5 goals
- Mohamed Edris
- Ahmed El-Naggar
- Michael Baiden
- Salya Nsalbini
- Lloyd Norris-Jones
- Richard Pautz
4 goals
- Benedict Sam
Kish Victor- Peter Trethowan
3 goals
- Amr Ibrahim
- Elikem Akaba
- Isaac Moses
Leon Magomere- George Mutria
- Brian Saina
Siyabonga Martins- Daniel Bell
- Jethro Eustice
- Ignatius Malgraff
- Dominic Ashley
2 goals
- Amr Elhady
- Mohamed Hassan
- Mostafa Mansour
- Ashraf Said
- Richard Adjei
- Emmanuel Akaba
- Francis Tettey
- Zakaria Msumba
- Maxwell Wakhungu
- Lennard Fick
- Pieter Jacobs
- Shanwilu Mu'azu
- Jonathan Robinson
- Daniel Sibbald
- Arnold Mpofu
1 goal
Eddie Ngara- Hamada Atef
- Mohamed Essam
- Houssam Ghobran
- Ahmed Mohsen
- Mohamed Nasr
- Amr Sayed
- Mohamed Zaki
- Emmanuel Ankomah
- George Asiedu
- Alfred Ntiamoah
- Derric Kuloba
- Constant Wakhura
- Samwel Wokila
- Russel Bartlett
- Brynn Cleak
- Wayne Jeffery
- Riaan Kruger
- Heinrich Swartbooi
- Dian la Cock
- Tim Drummond
- Rhett Halkett
- Miguel da Graca
Sultan Issa- Castro Mayuma
- Deep Visran
- Tendayi Maredza
- Pritchard Matambo
- Donald Mutupo
- Cydreck Starch
Source: FIH
Women's tournament
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | South Africa | ||
| City | Randburg | ||
| Dates | 23 October – 1 November 2015 | ||
| Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | South Africa (3rd title) | ||
| Runner-up | Ghana | ||
| Third place | Kenya | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 21 | ||
| Goals scored | 147 (7 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Lilian du Plessis (18 goals) | ||
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Pool
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | South Africa |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | +68 | 18 | Qualified to 2016 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Ghana |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 13 | |
| 3 | Kenya |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 10 | |
| 4 | Namibia |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 9 | |
| 5 | Zimbabwe |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 6 | |
| 6 |  Nigeria |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 6 | |
| 7 |  Tanzania |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 74 | −74 | 0 |
Results
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Goalscorers
There have been 147 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 7 goals per match.
18 goals
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
- Eleho Ovo
- Jade Mayne
6 goals
5 goals
- Elizabeth Opoku
- Martha Sarfoa
- Toni Marks
4 goals
- Nafisatu Umaru
- Audrey Omaido
- Ilanda Botha
- Justina Onyedum
3 goals
- Teresa Nekesa Juma
- Marcia Venter
- Lisa-Marie Deetlefs
- Nicole Walraven
- Roxanne Viviers
- Michelle Williams
2 goals
- Serwaa Boakye
- Theresa Mills
- Zalia Duvenhage
- Ina Louis
- Tanya Britz
- Illse Davids
- Shelley Russell
- Kelly Kaulback
1 goal
- Janet Adampa
- Lydia Afriyie
- Racheal Bamfo
- Joanita Korwu
- Lilian Aura
- Caroline Guchu
- Anne Juma
- Tracy Karanja
- Yvonne Karanja
- Betsy Ommala
- Bernice Brink
- Annalien Davin
- Phea Gerber
- Magreth Mengo
- Dunelle van Taak
- Egw Bethel
- Susan Bulus
- Alfa John
- Stella Nnanna
- Precious Uddoh
- Tarryn Bright
- Celia Evans
- Amy Brooke
- Sarah Evans
- Iman Johnson
- Jenna Palmer
Source: FIH